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LOW HANDLE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1903.

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llllllll 1 UNITED STATES Patented January 12, 1904.

SEABORN C. DRAKE, OF WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.

PLOW-HANDLE CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,274, dated January12, 1904.

Application filed April 1, 1903. Serial No. 150,652- (No model.)

To all whom it Wmy concern:

Be it known that I, SEABORN O. DRAKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the county of Wilkes and State of (ireorgia,have invented a new and useful Plow- Handle Clamp, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in plow-handle clamps.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofclamps for plowhandles and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readilyapplied to a plow and capable of securely fastening the plowhandles tothe plow-beam and of enabling the former to last as long as the latter.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of aplow-beam and plowhandles provided with a handle-clamp constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawmgs.

1 designates a plow-beam to the rear end of which are secured handles 2,arranged at opposite sides of the beam and supported by opposite clamps3. The handles are arranged at an inclination in the usual manner andare secured to the beam by means of transverse bolts 4, which alsofasten the clamps to the plow and which are provided with nuts of theordinary construction; but anyother suitable fastening devices maybeemployed for securing the handles and the clamps to the plowbcam.

Each clamp, which is reversible and adapted to be used on either side ofthe plow-beam, is arranged at an inclination to conform to theinclination of the plow-handle and is composed of a plate and sideflanges 5 and 6, and

the upper edges of the plate which forms the outer side face arehorizontal. The lower edges are arranged in the same plane as the lowerface of the plow-beam and the lower ends of the plow-handle, and theupper end of the clamp is extended above the plane of the upper face ofthe plow-beam, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The front side flange 5 is provided with an integral laterally-extendinglug or arm 7, projecting inward from the lower end of the flange 5 andfitted in a socket of the plowbeam and arranged near the lower edgethereof. The inwardly-extending lug or arm 7 is rounded to fit a roundbore or hole, and as the pressure or strain at the front of the lowerend of the clamp is upward there is no liability of the plow-beamsplitting, and the socket or hole may be located close to the bottom ofthe beam.

The rear flange is provided at its upper end with thelaterally-extending lug or arm 8, rounded similar to theinwardly-extending lug or arm 7 and arranged upon the upper face of theplow-beam, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the accompanyingdrawings. The clamps are provided with peforations for the reception ofthe bolts, and these perforations may be square to receive the squaredportion of the bolt adjacent to the head of the same, or, if desired,the perforations of one plate may be square and the others round to fitthe rounded portion of the bolts adjacent to the nuts. The upper end 9of the front flange and the lower end 10 of the rear flange are cut awayor beveled, as shown, and the other ends of the flanges, which areprovvided with the arms or lugs, are enlarged adacent to the same tostrengthen the structure to prevent any liability of the lugs or armsbreaking off at the inner side edges of the flanges.

' It will be seen that the plow-handle clamps are exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that they are adapted to be readily appliedto a plow, and that they are capable of supporting the handles at thepoints where they are attached to the beam and where they break whenunsupported. It will also be clear that by supporting the plow-handlesas shown and described they are adapted to Withstand severe strains andare enabled to last as long as the plow-beam.

What I claim is A plow-handle clamp comprising a plate having sideflanges disposed at right angles thereto and extended the entire lengthof said plate, each flange having a stud disposed at one end thereof andthe other end beveled,

I said studs being disposed at diagonally-oppo-

